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lamp / light / lantern / CL: 盞|盏
HSK 2
electric light / CL: 盞|盏
HSK 4
desk lamp / table lamp
HSK 6
red light
HSK 7-9
green light (traffic signal) / (fig.) permission to proceed
HSK 7-9
street lamp / street light
HSK 7-9
headlight
vehicle light (headlight, turn indicator etc)
dome light (of a taxi etc) / ceiling light (in a room) / interior light (of a car) / light on the top of a mast etc
flash bulb (photography)
to light a lamp
colored lantern (used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节)
headlight (of a vehicle) / headlamp; head torch
wall lamp / bracket light / CL: 盞|盏
traffic light / traffic signal
hanging lamp
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节 / chaser lights / self-scrolling horizontal text display, such as a news ticker
(loanword) neon lights
turn out the lights / lights out
to pass on the light of Buddha
a portable lamp
floor lamp
to run a red light / failing to stop at a red traffic light / (slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating
searchlight
miner's lamp / mining light
signal light / car indicator
spotlight
taillight
blowtorch; blowlamp
lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节 / (fig.) revolving door; musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs)
spirit lamp
to hold a lamp / to light a lamp
decorated lantern; lantern light
barn lantern / kerosene lamp
dragon lantern
ice lantern
streetlight
tail light (on vehicle)
a fluorescent light; a fluorescent lamp
to light a lamp / to raise a lantern
headlight
lantern slides
to give the green light / to give the go-ahead
altar lamp burning day and night
safety lamp / safelight
oil lamp
mercury-vapor lamp
beacon light / beacon
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
gas lamp
Taiwan variant of 熒光燈|荧光灯
desk lamp
kerosene lamp
fog lights (of a motor vehicle)
to turn on a light; (of a light) to light up
spotlight
fluorescent tube or light
jack-o'-lantern
brake light
compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
(vehicle) headlight
traffic light
(vehicle) headlight
only the official is allowed to light the fire / Gods may do what cattle may not / quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi
headlight
vehicle turn indicator light
(lit.) to flash the yellow light / (fig.) to give a warning sign
floodlight
lamp / turn signal
low beam (headlights)
car front indicator
hazard lights
flush-mounted ceiling lamp (loanword)
sunlamp
arc lamp
car rear indicator
floodlight
fluorescent light
Bunsen burner
Zhu Hongdeng, one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion
Lamp in the Side Street, novel by Qing dynasty writer Li Lüyuan 李綠園|李绿园 / also written 岐路燈|岐路灯
mercury-vapor lamp
incandescent light
sb who is easy to deal with
quartz halogen lamp
fluorescent light
lighted buoy / channel marking light / signal light
(slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死 via its near homophone 照屎)
(theater) spotlight / followspot
high beam (headlights)
metal halide lamp
to turn on the light
a blacklight; an ultraviolet light
dark; unlit / a blacklight; an ultraviolet light


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